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Study for 'Miners Resting during Stoppage of Conveyor Belt' and Scenes Underground

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Study for 'Miners Resting during Stoppage of Conveyor Belt' and Scenes Underground
Study for 'Miners Resting during Stoppage of Conveyor Belt' and Scenes Underground
Study for 'Miners Resting during Stoppage of Conveyor Belt' and Scenes Underground

Study for 'Miners Resting during Stoppage of Conveyor Belt' and Scenes Underground

Sketchbook
  • Page from Coalmine Sketchbook
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1953
Date Order NumberAG 42.49
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Paperwhite medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 251 x 178 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil c.r. Moore/42

Inscription

pen and ink over pencil u.c. Miners resting during stoppage of conveyor belt; pen and ink c. Water coming from roof; pencil c.r. bits of coal on ground; pen and ink c.l. Two Men working in Drift – ankle deep in water; c.r. Miners walking along low road

OwnershipArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
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The top section of the drawing, squared up for enlargement, was the basis for HMF 1997, the measurements of which are virtually the 22 x 13 pencilled upper left. The drawing lower left relates to that upper left in HMF 1938.

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